Flowerbelle has been "off' for a week now. Her appetite would come and go, and as the week progressed, she became less and less active, and then Friday morning hid under the bed, which she NEVER does. So we went to the vet immediately.
We didn't do blood work or imaging - the vet will on Tuesday if she's not better. Vet found nothing wrong with her, no fever, no stuffy nose, nothing felt lumpy, bumpy or swollen, her colon was empty (and I saw her have a bowel movement the day before and everything was fine).
The vet's recommendation was small meals frequently and cerenia (anti-nausea med).
The cerenia made no obvious difference, and she'll eat 1/4 ounce up to 5/8 of an ounce (though that's with extra water) at a time. She normally eats one ounce of food three times a day; she's normally excited about it, and she normally eats anything. She would LIVE on liver if she could; currently she will wrinkle her nose at freeze dried liver powder, which normally she absolutely LOVES.
I noticed Friday after the vet visit that her tummy is very urpy and gurgly. So I've been giving her 1/2 a 10mg pepcid at night, and 1/2 in the morning. But it doesn't seem to be doing anything. :dk:
I coaxed her into eating about 2.5 ounces yesterday. She slept all day today (and all yesterday), and I just offered her food again at about 3:30 this afternoon. She did a perky run from the kitchen counter to the bathroom where I took the food, which is new (for this past week), and clearly wanted food. But as soon as she took a bite, her stomach went all gurgly. She sat there until it stopped, then took another few licks... and it went all gurgly again. This went on for about 1/4 ounce, at which point it was clear she wasn't going to eat any more food.
Obviously I'm calling the vet tomorrow. But any thoughts in the meantime? Why is her tummy so urpy and gurgly, and what should I do to help it calm down? Anti-nausea medication (cerenia) and pepcid are my go-to meds for this, and they're not helping.
We didn't do blood work or imaging - the vet will on Tuesday if she's not better. Vet found nothing wrong with her, no fever, no stuffy nose, nothing felt lumpy, bumpy or swollen, her colon was empty (and I saw her have a bowel movement the day before and everything was fine).
The vet's recommendation was small meals frequently and cerenia (anti-nausea med).
The cerenia made no obvious difference, and she'll eat 1/4 ounce up to 5/8 of an ounce (though that's with extra water) at a time. She normally eats one ounce of food three times a day; she's normally excited about it, and she normally eats anything. She would LIVE on liver if she could; currently she will wrinkle her nose at freeze dried liver powder, which normally she absolutely LOVES.
I noticed Friday after the vet visit that her tummy is very urpy and gurgly. So I've been giving her 1/2 a 10mg pepcid at night, and 1/2 in the morning. But it doesn't seem to be doing anything. :dk:
I coaxed her into eating about 2.5 ounces yesterday. She slept all day today (and all yesterday), and I just offered her food again at about 3:30 this afternoon. She did a perky run from the kitchen counter to the bathroom where I took the food, which is new (for this past week), and clearly wanted food. But as soon as she took a bite, her stomach went all gurgly. She sat there until it stopped, then took another few licks... and it went all gurgly again. This went on for about 1/4 ounce, at which point it was clear she wasn't going to eat any more food.
Obviously I'm calling the vet tomorrow. But any thoughts in the meantime? Why is her tummy so urpy and gurgly, and what should I do to help it calm down? Anti-nausea medication (cerenia) and pepcid are my go-to meds for this, and they're not helping.